Ullock, Henry (1675-1706)

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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, May 12, 1658. S. of George. B. at Blackfordby, Leics. School, Repton. ' Matric. 1658; B.A. 1661-2; M.A. 1665; D.D. 1681. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 20, 1662; priest (London) Feb. 1664-5. Chaplain to Sir Heneage Finch. R. of Gt Mongeham, Kent, 1665-89. Six-preacher, Canterbury, 1670. Preb. of Rochester, 1675-89. Rural dean of Sandwich, 1682. Dean of Rochester, 1689-1706. R. of Leybourne, 1690-1706. Died June 20, 1706, aged 66. Buried at Leybourne. Monumental inscription. M.I. (Peile, I. 581; Fielding, Rochester.)
Fielding: Buried at Leybourne 28 June 1706; ex mon suo: 'Here lyeth interred the body of Henry Ullock, doctor of divinity, dean of the cathedrall church of Rochester, and rector of this parish of Leybourne, who died the 20th of June, in the year of our Lord, 1706, and of his age 67. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law; Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord, Rev XIV., 13; The dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the Spirit shall return unto God who gave it, Eccl. XII., 13 and 14.' The monument is now gone; he gave a chalice to the church.
NB: The institution as dean is odd. The event is recorded twice, in 1688 and in 1689. The former is not an error, as the patron is given as James II and a similar record survives for the appointment of Gilman as Ullock's successor as prebendary. However, the 1688 appointment, occurring on 8 Apr, happened before the death of Ullock's predecessor, John Castilion, which is recorded (Fasti, ed. Horn) as taking place on 21 Oct 1688 (m.i., Canterbury cathedral).

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